The Wave
Die Welle
2008, Film, 107 min, Drama, Thriller, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 74
Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
Directed by Dennis Gansel
Cast
- Jürgen Vogel as Rainer Wenger
- Frederick Lau as Tim Stoltefuss
- Max Riemelt as Marco
- Jennifer Ulrich as Karo
- Christiane Paul as Anke Wenger
- Jacob Matschenz as Dennis
- Cristina do Rego as Lisa
- Elyas M'Barek as Sinan
- Maximilian Vollmar as Bomber
- Max Mauff as Kevin
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